Valid personal service under CPLR 308 (1) was made where plaintiff's process server left the summons and complaint outside defendant's apartment door, at her request, after she refused to open the door to accept the papers (Bossuk v Steinberg, 58 N.Y.2d 916, 918).
Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Ross, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.